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On top of the Olympic Village, this is where we stand regarding the new venues built for the Olympics.

 

Stade Nautique Olympique (2019, Rowing & Canoeing)

 

 

 

Grand Palais Ephémère (2021, Judo & Wrestling)

 

 

 

Stade Yves du Manoir (2023, Field Hockey)

 

 

 

Adidas Arena (2024, Badminton & Rhythmic Gymnastics)

 

 

 

Centre Aquatique Olympique (TBD, Water Polo & Artistic Swimming)

 

 

 

Site d'Escalade du Bourget (TBD, Sport Climbing)

 

 

 

The Olympic venues building budget has been set to 1.4€ billion. From the original planing, two venues have not been built : the shooting stand which was moved to Châteauroux where the already built National Shooting Center was expanded and the main Aquatic venue which was moved to the Paris la Defense Arena.

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Olympic village to be inaugurated today 

 

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240229-paris-olympic-village-ready-on-time-as-confidence-grows

 

 

And obviously, while looking for an english source on it 

 

Spoiler

 

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25 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Am I right in thinking that the hexagon has a very specific historical meaning fro sport in France? I vaguely recall a story that a childrens book was published which first described travels around france in terms of the hexagon - and that for many french people it was the first time they had a sense of the size and shape of their country - and this book is strongly linked to the early Tours de France?

The "hexagon" is a relative early expression, commonly used only since the 70's. It has this nice technocratic, disembodied, touch... not very 1900 I'd say. BTW, the first Tour de France looked like this. so, if they were to create an hexagonal shape, we can safely state that the creators of the Tour were dead drunk when they did it.

 

 

PS : I believe the book you're referencing is that one , which indeed might have influenced the birth of the Tour de France, but AFAIK has nothing to do with this hexagon thing. 

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The Adidas Arena was opened yesterday (8,000 seats), it will host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics during the Olympics. Il will also become the home of the Paris Basketball team.

Edited February 12 by De_Gambassi

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  Golf sounds the most likely with Céline Boutier

 

 

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Must be said,  is having a fantastic summer with a lot of new or confirming very solid gold medal contenders.

 

 

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43 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

Back in the 30s there used to be regular swimming races in the Seine. People had different perceptions of risk in those days though.  

Yeah, and back then, there were industries all over the place and zero fucks were given.

 

 

 

Coupe de Noël in the early XXe century.

Edited August 17, 2023 by De_Gambassi

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Not a bad perspective for the finish line 

 

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Swimming in the Seine is kinda of a sad running joke here since Jacques Chirac, then Paris Major, promised that he will personally swim in it after he cleans it. Which he obviously never did.

 

Hopefully, everything will be ok.

 

 

Edited August 17, 2023 by De_Gambassi

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1 hour ago, Rafa Maciel said:

No - trying to piece it together from various global media sources but it's a pain that nobody has published the full list

Here is the full list of the 54 japanese medals

 

https://news.ntv.co.jp/category/sports/68bc9a23fe294799867c44d13e8bf7d6

 

 

By the magic of Google translate :

 

 

Spoiler

■ Gold medal predictions for Japan

・Athletics: Men's 20km race walk, Toshikazu Yamanishi
・Badminton: Women's singles, Akane Yamaguchi
・BMX Freestyle: Men's Park Rinmu
Nakamura・Breaking : Women's Ami Yuasa
・Fencing: Women's Misaki Emura Women's 52kg class Uta Abe /Judo Men's 66kg class Hifumi Abe /Judo Women's 70kg class Saki Niizoe /Judo Mixed team /Wrestling Women's 50kg class Yui Suzaki

■ Japan's silver medal predictions

・Athletics: Men's 20km Race Walk: Kouki Ikeda
・Athletics: Mixed Team Race Walk
・Badminton: Mixed Doubles: Arisa Higashino/Yuta Watanabe Pair
・Bicycle/Track : Keirin:
Mizuna Sato
Group
/Gymnastics Men's Group
/Trampoline Women's Hikaru Mori
/Judo Women's 48kg class Natsumi Tsunoda
/Judo Women's 57kg
class Haruka Funakubo/Judo Women's 63kg class Megumi Horikawa
/Judo Men's 90kg class Sanshiro Murao
/Skateboard Women's park Sakura Yosozumi
/Skateboard Women's Street
: Tomoe Nishiya, Surfing Men's Kanoa Igarashi
, Swimming Women's 100m Breaststroke Reo Aoki
, Swimming Men's 200m Butterfly Akari Honda,
Swimming Women's 200m Individual Medley Yui Ohashi,
Table Tennis Mixed Doubles
, Table Tennis Women's Team
, Wrestling Women's 62kg Ozakino Noka

■ Japan's bronze medal forecast

・Athletics Women's Javelin Throw Shinka Kitaguchi
・Basketball Women
・Breaking Men Shigeyuki Nakarai
・
Breaking Women Ayumi Fukushima
・Diving Men's High Diving Rikuto Tamai
Fencing Men's Kazuyasu Minobu
/Gymnastics Women's Balance Beam Hazuki Watanabe
/Judo Women's 78kg class Teru Sone
/Judo Men's 60kg class Naohisa Takafuji
/Judo Men's 81kg class Takanori
Nagase/Skateboarding Women's Park Kaishinna
/Skateboard Women's Street Nakayama Maple
Swimming Women's 400m Individual Medley Yui Ohashi Table Tennis Men 's
Singles Tomokazu Harimoto Table Tennis Women's
Singles Hina Hayata Table Tennis
Men's Team
Wrestling Women's 53kg Akari
Fujinami Wrestling Women's 57kg Tsugumi
Sakurai Wrestling Women's 68kg Ami Ishii
Men's wrestling Greco-Roman 60kg Kenichiro Fumita

 

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On 7/27/2023 at 10:32 PM, OlympicsFan said:

I remember that there was a thread where people could predict who will be the youngest competitor of their nation at the olympics. Does anyone know what happened to that thread (i couldn't find it)?

We already have a woman skateborading qualification thread.

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Actually, there might an even more accurate way of doing things ; counting how many different athletes/teams has won a medal in an olympic event during the olympic cycle (so not exactly the last WC medals table, nor the total medals one which counts the same athletes/teams over and over)

 

Apparently, this is how the french national sport agency is estimating the country medals chances. This cycle, they found out 107 podiums, and they assume a 50% convertion rate during the olympics (so 53-54 medals overall).

 

Here @Sindo, some works for you for your hollidays 

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4 hours ago, JoshMartini007 said:

We should do a comparison against the Latest World Championships Medal Table, if they aren't any more accurate then doing basic counting of defending champions then their method isn't good.

It isn't 

 

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13 minutes ago, Vektor said:

That projection seems insane for France. +22 gold medals compared to Tokyo. Not even Japan had that kind of increase (they had +15) and they got a bunch of favorable new events to perform stronger. I am not sure where French sport stands at the moment, but my guess would be in the range of 15-20 gold medals.

That's my estimation as well (and 50-60 medals overall)

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24 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

I believe Gracenote Nielsen have released their medal projections for Paris.

 

 43 Gold  -  43 Silver   -   42 Bronze

 32 Gold  -  30 Silver   -   11 Bronze

 26 Gold  -  20 Silver   -   22 Bronze

 20 Gold  -   13 Silver   -   12 Bronze

 15 Gold   -  23 Silver   -   24 Bronze

 

Not sure if anyone can share details of the individual sport breakdown. 

 

 

Wa are defintly not going to win 32 gold medals  But, I believe we will have a three european nations battle for the third place between ,  and 

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10 minutes ago, Rafa Maciel said:

I believe Gracenote Nielsen have released their medal projections for Paris.

 

 43 Gold  -  43 Silver   -   42 Bronze

 32 Gold  -  30 Silver   -   11 Bronze

 26 Gold  -  20 Silver   -   22 Bronze

 20 Gold  -   13 Silver   -   12 Bronze

 15 Gold   -  23 Silver   -   24 Bronze

 

Not sure if anyone can share details of the individual sport breakdown. 

 

 

1 hour ago, hckošice said:

but the "potion magique" will be "interdite" I hope ! otherwise nobody else will stand a chance here

 

It seems that Gracenote is very much into the "potion" thing.

 

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Just now, Vektor said:

If they won't get some kind of appearance/mention during the OC, I will be kinda disappointed. I think Japan didn't feature at all their biggest contributions to the wider modern popculture (anime, Nintendo, Godzilla, etc.)

Abe as Mario during the Rio ceremony was freaking cool though.

 

But, I don't see Asterix will feature, it just l'Equipe doing its thing like they did for the  -  match in 2018

 

Spoiler

 

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L'Equipe today. Olympic Games X Astérix. I love it

 

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Something like that

19 minutes ago, Styrka said:

 

In no particular order :

• Léon Marchand, Swimming
• Clarisse Agbegnenou, Judo
• Lauriane Nolot, Sailing
• Nicolas Goyard, Sailing
• Women's Team, 3x3 Basketball

 

Pretty much, I'd probably squeeze the 25m pistol (Bessaguet/Quiquampoix) though.

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So Madouas, olympic champion then.

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Nothing new 😉 It hosted some finals back in the 30's and 40's

 

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1. Kylian Mbappé, men's football

2. Kylian Mbappé, men's blind soccer

3. Kylian Mbappé, men's 110m hurdles

4. Kylian Mbappé, men's archery individual

5. Kylian Mbappé, men's C1 slalom

 

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5 hours ago, dullard said:

I thought Chatrier will host boxing and Suzanne-Lenglen just the tennis? It's amazing how RG takes so long to get a roof and now they're already getting a second.

No, it's the other way around. Chatrier will be saved for the last tennis rounds when Lenglen will start being used for boxing bouts (early boxing stages will be held in another arena)

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The construction of the roof at the Suzanne-Lenglen court (second biggest Roland Garros court) has started. Outside of tennis and para-tennis, il will also host the boxing tournament. 

 

https://www.francetvinfo.fr/les-jeux-olympiques/paris-2024/paris-2024-a-roland-garros-le-court-suzanne-lenglen-poursuit-sa-mue-en-vue-des-jeux-olympiques_5370055.html

 

 

(possibly the last ever olympic boxing venue)